I am really homesick tonight.

[Left Is Write]

Homesick and sad.

[GalleryGod]

1. Rips your heart doesn't it,Sweetie?

Here's not quite a hug,but, a :pals:

[Left Is Write]

4. Yes, it does.

Thank you for the :pals:

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. I am sorry *hugs* What is it you are missing the most?

[Left Is Write]

5. I don't know. Just about everything, I guess.

Those old pictures I posted of my cat really brought it stirring to the surface, and then the posts about the midwest weather.

I miss my little house in the St. Paul suburbs. I really thought we'd raise our kids in that house. I miss my kids being able to see their grandparents and cousins every day.

It just hits me like a ton of bricks every few months, and today I have it bad.

Thanks for the hug.

[GreenPartyVoter]

32. Yeah, it's hard to be away from family. Thus far I have managed to

stay reasonably close to mine.

I hope that someday you'll get to move back. :D

[Left Is Write]

43. Thanks. I hope so too.

[sundog]

3. hey there

:hug:

[Left Is Write]

6. Thanks.

I needed that.

[enigami]

7. Where are you homesick for?

and I will say something nice about it. I have been evrywhere almost.

[Left Is Write]

10. Minnesota.

I'm Minnesota born and raised; moved here to Idaho 4½ years ago.

[enigami]

34. Just think Caribou Coffee

[Left Is Write]

39. I love me some Caribou. I can't wait to get one!

My folks and my husband's parents always bring us Caribou beans when they visit (and I occasionally order from the website), but there's nothing like getting a freshly made Caribou right AT Caribou.

[enigami]

46. I miss it also

I used to live in Chicago. Believe it or not QT is the closest thing.

[khashka]

8. So sorry my love

I know what you are feeling. When I think of San Francisco....

So if it's any comfort at all.... you are not alone in your feelings... and you are among friends .

Khash.

[Left Is Write]

12. It does comfort me.

Thanks, Khash.

[Maddy McCall]

9. Homesick for where?

Are you away from home?

[Left Is Write]

13. My home home.

I live in Idaho, but I miss my homestate of Minnesota.

[Maddy McCall]

15. I'm so sorry.

I live in Mississippi and I am always homesick for my Texas home home.

:loveya:

[Left Is Write]

19. It sucks sometimes, doesn't it?

I'll be fine for weeks or months at a time - missing home, but content with my situation - and then it just smacks me upside the head. I'm going home for a monthlong visit in a couple of weeks, and I think that might be contributing too.

[Maddy McCall]

31. Wow! Lucky you!

Yep, I bet you're just really excited about the trip and wish it were sooner.

I'm lucky in that I'm only a six-hour drive from my hometown, so I can visit if my aching for it gets too bad.

:hug:

[Left Is Write]

38. It's nice to kick back and relax at my folks' house.

I have a sister and brother-in-law who live within walking distance of my parents, and they have two children the same ages as my younger two. I have another sister and a brother who live about an hour or so from there, and I have one more sister who lives in Atlanta but will be visiting this summer the same time I am. I haven't seen her in four years, since I was pregnant with my son! She had her first baby last year, so I can't wait to see them.

[bigwillq]

11. Hey LIW---

:hug: :pals:

[Left Is Write]

14. Thank you, Will.

I'm starting to think I'm just a big sap now.

[bigwillq]

16. NO SAP FOR YOU!

You're just a bit lonely. It happens. We're here for you. :pals:

[Left Is Write]

20. You're sweet.

I suppose it's not helping that my husband isn't home tonight and the kids have gone up to bed.

[bigwillq]

23. Wake those kids up then!

Just jokes. They need their sleep.
Where is hubby? (if I may ask)

[Left Is Write]

26. He has a class tonight.

It's his final presentation for this class, then he has a week off before his next class starts.

[bigwillq]

42. What time does he come home?

:hug:

[Left Is Write]

44. Class ends at ten, so he should be home about 10:30.

[bigwillq]

48. Well not too much longer!

Give him a big hug when he walks through the door.

[Left Is Write]

50. I will.

And maybe a glass of wine too.

[bigwillq]

53. OOOH!

Wine and hugs---Not much better than that!:)

[Lone_Star_Dem]

17. I'm sorry, sweetie

I know how that feels all to well. I can't make you feel any better but I will offer my empathy. :hug:

[Left Is Write]

22. Thank you.

:)

[Wapsie B]

18. I hope you can find a way

to move back sometime.

[Left Is Write]

25. I hope so too.

We're always looking for opportunities. I hope the right one presents itself sooner rather than later.

[madeline_con]

21. Can you explain...

how that works, where a bunch of people set up a situation that makes certain keywords pull up a page that didn't intend to be pulled up with those particular keywords?

It used to be "miserable failure", to get DUH-bya's bio. Maybe still works.

[Left Is Write]

27. I would explain, except I'm not sure what you mean.

[IChing]

24. How are your neighbors?

Do you have a good view of the Mountains and Forest in Idaho?

Anyway your here and
at your other home........

sorry on what you are missing....

:hi: :hi:

[Left Is Write]

28. Yes, I can see the mountains from just about anywhere.

Boise is a beautiful city, and some of the views there are gorgeous. It's just a short drive up into the mountains too.

And thank you.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

29. We're all here with you...

:hug:
And glad you're here too!
:hug:

[Left Is Write]

30. Thank you.

I'm awfully glad to be here.

And you can thank Bouncy Ball for that - she was the one who got me here all those months ago. :)

[RetroLounge]

33. I feel for ya.

:hug:

Glad you can go back for visits.

I spent my first 20 years in the same place in the Chicago suburbs. My parents sold our house and moved to another state, leaving me and my brother to go find our own places. Then all our friends in the neighborhood sold and moved too. Last time I was back there, there was no one left I knew. It's depressing. I even hear4d the people who bought our house knocked down the wall between the livingroom and my childhood bedroom, so that room is even gone.

Now when someone asks where home is, I have to say it's right here.

But I still get those pangs of nostalgia and miss the old neighborhood.

Ah, well, luckily I love Wisconsin.

RL

[Left Is Write]

37. I would settle for Wisconsin if it came to that.

I did live there for three years in my mid 20s; close enough to head home a couple weekends a month.

My parents sold my childhood home in 1992, when I was 26. My brother and I toyed with the idea of buying it ourselves (we were the only umarried siblings at the time), but we didn't do it. The woman who bought it from my folks completely changed it. She sold it last year, and I saw the photo tour on a real estate website. It didn't look a thing like "our" house.

Many's the time my mother says she wishes they'd stayed there.

[Redstone]

35. You're homesick for Minnesota? Does this help?

Hot dish.

Lutefisk.

Bottle of pop.

A little lunch.

Better now?

Serously, I hope you cheer up soon. Homesickness is no fun.

Redstone

[Left Is Write]

40. Yes, actually, it does help.

And it also helps knowing there are people here who know what those words/phrases mean.

"A little lunch" really makes me smile.

[qnr]

36. I'd be homesick for Minnesota too, with all of those gun nuts in Idaho!

Just kidding. Just kidding. :hi:

[Left Is Write]

41. Didn't we have that conversation already?

;)

[qnr]

47. What conversation? Your brilliant points simply outclassed anything

I had to say on the matter!

Ohhhh shiny things!

[Left Is Write]

49. You flatter me.

:D

[qnr]

54. I just speak the truth, ma'am - hmmm, hey, you get my 5,000th post

Can't be homesick when you have something like that to tell your friends. They'll be confused for weeks (ok, I tend toward exaggeration, but at least 25 nanoseconds, guaranteed) over what the heck you're talking about. Most humorous.

Edit: s/me/my/

[Left Is Write]

56. Congratulations on that 5000th post!

:)

[qnr]

57. Thanks! And good luck on that homesickness stuff :) n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

45. I'm so sorry that you are homesick tonight, Left Is Write...

I know that there's really nothing that I can do to help you feel better, except to tell you that I'm here for you...

Maybe DU is your home away from home?

:hug:


:pals:

[Left Is Write]

51. Thank you, Peggy.

DU does feel like a home away from home, sometimes. And it reminds me that there are still lots of good liberals in the world.

[GOPisEvil]

52. I'm sorry you feel that way.

Hug the kids and your husband, at least you have them. And us. :grouphug:

[Left Is Write]

55. True that.

And I'm lucky for it.